diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f5edf896c0..2a723ad8c3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ if(${ENABLE_DEBUG})
     set(VERSION_C_IDENT "${VERSION_C_IDENT}_debug")
 endif()
 
+if (SANITIZERS)
+    set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fsanitize=${SANITIZERS} -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fsanitize=${SANITIZERS} -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+    set(CMAKE_LD_FLAGS "${CMAKE_LD_FLAGS} -fsanitize=${SANITIZERS} -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+endif()
+
 ########################################################################
 ## Dependency Configuration
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b1ea7bdff5..a7113e2dc0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
     --disable-perftools    don't try to build with Google Perftools
     --disable-python       don't try to build python bindings for Broker
     --disable-broker-tests don't try to build Broker unit tests
+    --sanitizers=SANITIZERS comma-separated list of Clang sanitizers to enable
 
   Required Packages in Non-Standard Locations:
     --with-openssl=PATH    path to OpenSSL install root
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ append_cache_entry INSTALL_ZEEKCTL      BOOL   true
 append_cache_entry CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES STRING
 append_cache_entry ENABLE_MOBILE_IPV6   BOOL   false
 append_cache_entry DISABLE_PERFTOOLS    BOOL   false
+append_cache_entry SANITIZERS           STRING ""
 
 # parse arguments
 while [ $# -ne 0 ]; do
@@ -216,6 +218,9 @@ while [ $# -ne 0 ]; do
             append_cache_entry ENABLE_PERFTOOLS     BOOL   true
             append_cache_entry ENABLE_PERFTOOLS_DEBUG BOOL   true
             ;;
+        --sanitizers=*)
+            append_cache_entry SANITIZERS    STRING    $optarg
+            ;;
         --enable-jemalloc)
             append_cache_entry ENABLE_JEMALLOC     BOOL   true
             ;;